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TOGY4LitTermsD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthropomorphism | ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity. |
| sated | satisfied |
| insular | detached; standing alone; isolated. |
| egotistical | vain; boastful; opinionated. |
| psuedonym | a pen name E.G. Mark Twain |
| plot | the storyline |
| setting | place, time, day, season, and culture |
| Protaganist | the main character in a play or novel |
| physical conflict | conflict on a physical setting between two bodies |
| character conflict | conflict between two or more characters in a story |
| inner mental conflict | conflict inside one self |
| static character | a character that stays the same |
| dynamic character | a character that changes and grows |
| prose | normal writing |
| poetry | a form of writing with some meter |
| quatrain | four lines |
| quintain | five lines |
| stanza | a group of lines set apart in a poem |
| genre | a type of literature that had either definite characteristics of form or content or both |
| texture | the feel of a literary work through specific techniques, devices, and style |
| novella | a fictional prose work which focuses intimately on characters as a novel does |
| foreshadowing | a plot device whereby the author hints at a future outcome |
| topic | what a work of literature is about |
| theme | tells us what the author believes on the subjects |
| symbol | an element in a work of literature that in addition to its basic meaning or role in that work also stands for something more |
| tone | the emotional color or disposition of a story. It includes the author's emotions as well as those of the characters |
| allegory | a work in which an author embodies abstact or spiritual realities in a concrete and physical story in such a way that there is a clear correspondece between the abtract or spirtual and the concrete of physical |
| indirect characterization | when the author informs the reader about a character by giving the reader detail about their looks, manners, actions, etc. |
| central character | one whose actions and personality are central to the plot and meaning of the story |
| peripheral/minor character | one whose actions and personality are less centralto the plot and meaning of the story |
| irony | a device of artistic contrast |
| sympathetic character | a fictional character in a story whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, if not necessarily admire. |
| experiment in living | a character's purpose, thoughts and actions |
| content | what is said in a story |
| form | how the author says the content |
| artistry | the selection and arrangement of different forms |
| meaning through form | the relationship between the form and content when an author wants to communicate some meaning or message (content) he does so by wrapping it in a suitable artistic form |
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